Best Law Schools
Ranked in 2013 | Best Law Schools Rankings Methodology
A career in law starts with finding the school that fits you best. With U.S. News's rankings of the top law schools, narrow your search by location, tuition, school size, and test scores.
| Rank | School name | Tuition & Fees | Enrollment (full-time) |
LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile)
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Acceptance rate
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Employed 9 months after graduation 2
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Assessment score by lawyers/judges (out of 5)
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Bar passage rate (first-time test takers)
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GPA (25th-75th percentile)
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Employed at graduation 2
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Peer assessment score (out of 5)
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| #64 |
Seton Hall University
Newark, NJ |
$48,170 per year (full-time) | 604 | ||||||||
| #9 |
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI |
$48,250 per year (in-state, full-time); $51,250 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,124 | ||||||||
| #14 |
Georgetown University
Washington, DC |
$48,835 per year (full-time) | 1,683 | ||||||||
| Rank Not Published |
New York Law School
New York, NY |
$49,225 per year (full-time) | 1,092 | ||||||||
| #38 |
Fordham University
New York, NY |
$49,526 per year (full-time) | 1,206 | ||||||||
| #38 |
University of California–Davis
Davis, CA |
$49,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $58,815 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 569 | ||||||||
| #80 |
Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn, NY |
$49,976 per year (full-time) | 998 | ||||||||
| #58 |
Yeshiva University (Cardozo)
New York, NY |
$50,046 per year (full-time) | 1,032 | ||||||||
| #4 |
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL |
$50,727 per year (full-time) | 610 | ||||||||
| #11 |
Duke University
Durham, NC |
$50,750 per year (full-time) | 660 | ||||||||
| #2 |
Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
$50,802 per year (full-time) | 575 | ||||||||
| #2 |
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA |
$50,880 per year (full-time) | 1,727 | ||||||||
| #6 |
New York University
New York, NY |
$51,150 per year (full-time) | 1,471 | ||||||||
| #18 |
University of Southern California (Gould)
Los Angeles, CA |
$52,598 per year (full-time) | 637 | ||||||||
| #7 |
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
$53,138 per year (full-time) | 776 | ||||||||
| #12 |
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL |
$53,468 per year (full-time) | 811 | ||||||||
| #1 |
Yale University
New Haven, CT |
$53,600 per year (full-time) | 615 | ||||||||
| #13 |
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY |
$55,220 per year (full-time) | 596 | ||||||||
| #4 |
Columbia University
New York, NY |
$55,488 per year (full-time) | 1,290 | ||||||||
| Rank Not Published |
Barry University
Orlando, FL |
N/A | N/A | ||||||||
| Unranked |
Catholic University
Ponce, PR |
N/A | N/A | ||||||||
| Rank Not Published |
Florida A&M University
Orlando, FL |
N/A | N/A | ||||||||
| #98 |
Indiana University–Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN |
N/A | N/A | ||||||||
| Unranked |
Inter-American University
San Juan, PR |
N/A | N/A | ||||||||
| Unranked |
University of Puerto Rico
Rio Piedras, PR |
N/A | N/A |
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